HSK 2 · Past & present

原来

yuán lái

originally; so it turns out

Stroke order of 原来

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

原 · 10 strokes来 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

原 is a spring 泉 under a cliff 厂, the source; 来 is to come: it came from there.

Parts: 原 original + 来 come

The characters in 原来

来 lái — to come (7 strokes)

Example sentence

原来你在这儿！

So you were here all along!

Words with 原

原因reason; cause

Words with 来

起来to get up; to rise 来to come 来到to arrive; to come to 出来to come out 进来to come in 回来to come back 来自to come from 后来afterwards; later 接下来next; following 越来越more and more 带来to bring 过来to come over 上来to come up 下来to come down 传来to come through (of sound or news)以来since 从来always; ever 本来originally

More words: Past & present

当时at that time 那时at that time 那时候at that time 那会儿at that time 这时at this time 这时候at this moment 后来afterwards; later 以后after; later 以前before; formerly 今后from now on 过去the past; to go over 最近recently 已经already 早就long ago; already

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